S&P 500 rejects faster admission rules for upcoming IPOs of SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic
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Martin Holland
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S&P Global has announced that the S&P 500 index will not change its admission rules to accelerate the inclusion of newly public companies like SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic. This decision distinguishes S&P from other index operators and means these companies will miss out on billions from passive index funds that track the S&P 500. The firm argues that maintaining current rules allows for orderly price discovery before index inclusion.
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This means that companies will miss out on billions of sums from passive index funds, which track the performance of the 500 largest US companies listed in the S&P 500.
At the same time, it allows prices to form calmly on the market before index
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